Ernest Hemingway House - Key West

A designated US National Historic Landmark, this site is a no-brainer for literary buffs. Hemingway lived here from 1931-1939, and today it's populated by six and even seven-toed cats that tour guides assure visitors are descendants of the author's own pets.

Brontë moors - Haworth , England

This rustic little moor village in England is best known for its association with the Brontë sisters, a nineteenth century literary family that produced timeless works such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

Louisa May Alcott's home - Concord, Mass.

The Alcott House is perhaps most unique among all authors' homes in that no structural or aesthetic changes have been made to the property since Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women) lived there in the late 19th century.

William Shakespeare's birthplace - Stratford-upon-Avon, England

This house in Stratford, which was established in 1200, is a recreation of what Shakespeare's home may have looked like in his lifetime, filled with Tudor artifacts and priceless first editions of the great master's plays.

Margaret Mitchell House - Atlanta

It was in a small, ground floor apartment in this three-story Tudor Revival mansion where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind. Her apartment has been restored to reflect how it would've appeared when Mitchell lived there in the late 1920s and early '30s. Guided tours are available.

Lydia, photo editor and Readers' Choice Production Manager for USA TODAY 10Best, has traveled to more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia and North and South America, and has lived in Albuquerque, Galveston, Austin, Thailand, Korea, China, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and now Spain. When she's not at her computer in a cafe, she's out photographing the city, writing fiction or cheering on Barça.